# NTSB SEA82DYE06: Beech 23, N6079N, Greenwater, WA, April 25, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: April 24, 1982, 20:45 local (Apr 25, 1982, 03:45 UTC)
- Place: Greenwater, WA
- Location: 47.1465° N, 121.6297° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenwater, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1465&lon=-121.6297&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70914
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DYE06
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70914/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DYE06

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, descent
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - clouds (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - continued, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total instrument time, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high terrain (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

AT ABOUT 1620 LOCAL TIME ON 4/24/82, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BURLEY, ID AND PROCEEDED ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN TO TACOMA, WA. THE MOUNTAINS EAST OF SEATTLE WERE OBSCURED BY AN OVERCAST CEILING BEGINNING AT 3500 FT. DURING A DESCENT FROM 10,500 FT INTO THE SEATTLE TERMINAL AREA, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AT 3500 FT MSL. THE SEATTLE WEATHER WAS 3500 BRKN, VIS 15, TEMP 47, DEW PT 32, WIND 020 AT 5 KTS. THE TOP OF THE CEILING WAS ESTIMATED AT 7200 FT. AN AMERICAN AIRLINES CAPTAIN REPORTED SEEING THE AIRCRAFT IN A CONTROLLED DESCENT INTO A CLOUD LAYER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6079N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6079N-2013-10-28), registration cancelled 2013-10-28, S/N M-1203, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- Registry model: [Beech B23](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b23) (registry code 1151240) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1203
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: T.G. Eckler
- Registered owner: T.G. Eckler
- Departed: BURLEY, ID
- Destination: TACOMA, WA
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 262 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 117 °F

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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